St. Aloysius Gonzaga A Roman Catholic Parish with a Jesuit Tradition
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 22, 2020
Brothers and sisters: Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4: 6-7
PARISH INFORMATION Knights of Columbus Council #15143
Grand Knight: Larry Lyle 558-9438
330 E. Boone Ave., Spokane, WA 99202 S.E.E.L.—Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life 509-313-5896 Jennifer Doolittle 313-5898 or [email protected] Website: www.stalschurch.org Email: [email protected] PARISH STAFF - dial 313+ ext. (below)
Sunday Masses are open to the public Pastor: Tom Lamanna, SJ x 7011 8:30, 9:45, or 11:00 am. Associate Pastor/Funerals: San Mai, SJ x 7021 All Masses are LIVE Streamed. Parish Administrator: Don Weber x 7004 11:00 is recorded and posted on website. Maintenance: Richard Moran x 7016 You must reserve a space to attend. Liturgy, Sacraments, and Faith Formation: Either call before Friday noon, 509-313-7020 Michele [email protected] or go to www.stalschurch.org, go to “Mass Schedule.” Liturgy and Liturgical Ministers: Solveig Heidberg x 7020 Daily Masses open to public 8:00 am Mon-Fri. Liturgy and Music Director: Andrea Timm Names and phone numbers are recorded. [email protected] Masks and social distancing are required Ministry to the Homebound: at all times in the church. Shareen Elloy x 7007 Daily masses are LIVE Streamed Charity and Social Justice: Rita Waldref x 7003 (Saved to You Tube via our website). Weddings/Annulments: Kathy Yates x 7002
Communications Coordinator: St. Aloysius Gonzaga Catholic Grade School— Gina [email protected] K through 8th grade; Early Learning Ctr—Infants to Kindergarten Administrative Assistant: 611 E. Mission Ave. 489-7825 Principal: Angie Krauss Mary Kay Fairbanks x 7000 Altar Society - President: Mary Kay Bryan 487-4632 Young Adults and SEEL: Jesuit Scholastic: Mike Tedone, [email protected] St. Aloysius Gonzaga Catholic Parish - Spokane, Washington October 4, 2020
Start by doing what’s necessary; 8:00 a.m. Weekday then do what’s possible; Mass Intentions and suddenly you are doing the impossible. Francis of Assisi—Feast Day October 4th
Oct. 5 + Leigh Halvorson Oct. 6 + Joe B Cooney St. Aloysius Blood Drive Oct. 7 + Ernestine Pena Sponsored by our Knights of Columbus
Oct. 8 + Steve Rapp Our bi-annual blood drive will take place Oct. 9 + Anna Pike the week of October 9-16.
Please keep in your prayer the soul of Because of COVID, it will be held at Vitalant. Leigh Halvorson (Used to be Inland Northwest Blood Center—INBC.)
To schedule your appointment, please call (877) 258-4825. Uniquely Created, Chosen, Called You can go to either the Downtown, 210 W. Cataldo Ave.,
Our very existence comes out of a OR the Spokane Valley, 12117 E. Mission Ave., location. creative act of love by God who cared Let them know you are from St. Aloysius Parish. deeply enough about us to form us in a Thank you for being a donor of LIFE! unique, unrepeatable way. There is no one, not one other person in this world who is like you or me. We each have Young Adult Ministry unique characteristics, gifts, life, circumstances, and relationships. is up and running! (for folks 21-39!) “It was you who formed my inward part; you knit me together in my To get updates, links and registration information for upcoming mother’s womb - Psalm 139 events, join our Flocknote and/or Facebook group: https://StAls.flocknote.com/YA God loves us long before we realize it. https://www.facebook.com/groups/StAlsYAM God chose us to be in relationship with UPCOMING EVENTS: God. God chooses us as God’s people. God calls us not only into relationship Virtual Rosary every Thursday of October at 7pm via Zoom
with God but also to use our gifts and Virtual Pub Night: Monday Oct 5 at 7pm calls in a unique way. Join St. Aloysius Parish's Young Adults in a presentation and conversation God sends us forth with a specific aspect on Racial Justice and Catholic Social Teaching led by Br. Ken Homan, SJ. of the Gospel to proclaim. His focus will be in light of the history of the labor movement. Br. Ken is currently in a PhD program in history at Georgetown University. Take time to read Psalm 139. He has been actively involved in the Ignatian Solidarity Network and is a member of the Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus. Spend some time reflecting. Take a moment to reflect For more information contact Mike Tedone,SJ at [email protected] on the way God created you before you were Sacrament of Reconciliation aware of your Thursdays, 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the church. own choices.
How have you been coping during this pandemic? Share your story and a photo. Send to Mary Kay and we will put it in the bulletin. [email protected]
Justice Works: Social Ministry Your Sunday Contributions
Season of Creation 2020 - Part 6 September contributions: $ 45,401
The Season of Creation, observed by Christian Fiscal “Year to Date” (July—September 2020): Churches around the world, concludes on October 4, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Contributions received: $ 152,608 The legendary saint celebrated God’s creatures as Needed for budget: $ 209,300
brothers and sisters, deserving love and respect. Let us, like St. Francis, walk upon this earth with humility and with We are grateful for your continued an open heart, aware of the divine goodness in all things. financial support.
______Ways to donate are: Bill Pay - PayPal - US postal service Pope Francis Reflections on God’s Creation September Collection for the Poor: • The entire material universe speaks of God’s love, God’s 2nd Harvest Food Bank boundless affection for all. Soil, water, mountains: everything is, as it were, a caress of God. (Laudato Si, 9) You donated $1,367 • It is our humble conviction that the divine and the human meet in the slightest detail in the seamless garment of God’s Thank you for your generosity to those most in need. creation, in the last speck of dust of our planet.(Laudato Si, 9)
• We exist only in relationships: with God the Creator, with our brothers and sisters as members of a common family, and “Plastic Wars” with all of God’s creatures within our common home. a Zoom Gathering (Message for the World Day of Prayer for Creation)
• Today we hear the voice of creation admonishing us to and Discussion return to our rightful place in the natural created order— to remember that we are part of this interconnected web of Tuesday, October 27 life, not its master (Message for the World Day of Prayer for Creation) 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. • Just as happens when we fall in love with someone, whenever St. Francis would gaze at the sun, the moon, or Facilitated by Lindsay Gilbert, the smallest of animals, he burst into song, drawing all other Caring for Creation Member creatures into his praise. (Laudato Si, 11)
Let us pray: May God who established the dance of creation, This film reveals how plastic makers have publicly Who marveled at the lillies of the field, promoted recycling, but have privately lobbied to Who transforms chaos to order, shift the burden of waste from corporation to the Lead us to transform our lives and the Church consumer and at risk populations. To reflect God’s glory in creation. Amen.
(CTBI Eco-Congregation Programme) To participate, contact Rita Waldref 313-7003 or [email protected] by Friday, October 23, to get the video and Zoom links. A Special thanks to Sr. Sue Orlowski, who assisted with the 6-week Season of Creation Prayers and Resources by researching pollinators and birds.
If you don’t vote, everything stays Voting Resources the same. You can protest until the in light of Catholic Social Teaching sky turns yellow or the moon turns blue, and it’s not going to change Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice anything if you don’t vote.” www.networklobby.org
Dolores Huerta, Labor and Civil Rights Activist Network Lobby posts an In the Catholic Tradition, responsible citizenship “equally sacred scorecard” which compares is a virtue, and participation in political life candidates positions on the issues. is a moral obligation. Pope Francis names as “equally sacred”
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